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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
7
A poetic fragment speaks of possessing the earth and venturing outward into the glittering mystery of the stars, imagining bold journeys beyond known realms. The voice hints at desire, exploration, and awe before the infinite void.
In a quiet country estate, Mr. Fairfax discusses the treasure plot with Miss Kitwater. They weigh motives, danger, and duty as they plan how to handle her uncles and their partner while contemplating future marriage, money, and safety.
A column of completed proverbs and witty maxims by L. de V. Matthewman in Era presents sayings on labor, wealth, taste, administration, and human nature. It blends humor and caution with lines about pity, possession, employment, and discipline.
A New York Ledger Monthly guide details dusting methods for rooms and halls. It advises dry dusters and window shaking, avoiding feather dusters, wiping finger marks with ammonia or borax solutions, and cleaning fireplaces, ironwork, mirrors, gas shades, and draperies. It also covers removing dust sheets, airing them, and methodical stair cleaning from the upper hall downward.
A New York Weekly piece extols the cheerful sunny tempered girl who smiles at all, with a low musical voice and pleasant air. Her charm draws young men and is equally captivating to elders, as her optimism counters life’s troubles.
Rich and beautiful Duchess Edwina Cornwallis-West married Hugh Grosvenor the second duke of Westminster less than a year ago. He is one of the world's wealthiest men owning much of London. Grosvenor House in London houses a famed private picture gallery.
The piece outlines that a Japanese woman's dowry consists mainly of personal items and wardrobes while fortunes are not inherited by women. It notes adoption of an heir if no son exists, and claims husbands have broad freedom to marry or divorce, with higher divorce rates among the poor and rarity among the wealthy.
A New York Weekly note describes Persian ladies using a home facial ritual before bathing. They spread a layer of egg white on the skin, dry it, rinse with tepid water with benzoin, then sponge with cold milk to purify and soften the complexion.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes summer fireplace beautification via fernery screens and green tile pots. Ideas include copper pots with shade-loving plants, ivy in water-filled boxes, and floral hearth boxes in brass or copper to mask the grate and add verdure.
Dr Clara Bruce advocates a plain gored skirt and white shirt waist reform dress costing 1.25. She argues one universal style would ease finances, reduce ironing, and expand university access for women, citing a university student in a tailored suit and urging signers to wear the reform dress.
A neat boyhood science project teaches a cedar and pine strip barometer. Align strips in a wooden base. they bend downward before rain and stay stiff in dry weather, signaling approaching showers.
Mrs Potts quotes a remark about doesn't miss discord with piano lessons as Putnam Dyedo approves using the word gives in a conversational exchange about music instruction.
Dialogue captures a clumsy waiter pressed for a tip in a terse exchange with a gruff patron. The cartoonish scene ends with the patron telling him to return to carrying the hod, reflecting a streetwise New York City mood.
A Cincinnati woman advocates a reform dress costing one dollar twenty five cents with practical ruffles for ironing. She questions high costs of tailored suits and shirt waists and notes 30 women ready to wear the reform dress at a September reception.
Calpurina Bristol reacts with horror as Reginald Briggs presses for truth after she admits she wore a cheap $4 imitation hat. He misreads her distress while she weeps on a rustic bench and orders him to leave. He flees through the woods toward the setting sun.
An old Boston Unitarian minister Dr Ellis famed for a white Panama hat tells a friend in New York that the hat stayed white by being Calvinized, meaning dipped in brimstone. The anecdote circulated as the Panama craze appeared everywhere.
A young minister eager to teach youths about spring faces humorous replies from Eastside boys. He praises nature but the class retorts with rent and fish from Friday church events. The tale reflects playful classroom misinterpretations.
A seaside scene features Miss Hatchetface thanking a gallant rescuer who urges her to marry someone else. The exchange echoes a tale of courage and restraint amid a seaside setting.
New York July 21 1902 flour patents 3 90 4 10 wheat No 2 red 79 1e corn No 2 71 4c oats No 2 white 61c hay firm Reeves bulls at 4 00 sheep 3 00 4 25 lambs 5 12 6 60 hogs no sales. Cleveland July 21 flour winter wheat patents 4 00 4 20 wheat No 2 red 74 1 4c corn No 2 yellow 70c oats No 2 white 58 1 4c hay No 1 timothy 12 50 eggs fresh 19c cheese York state 11 12c butter best creamery 22 1 4c potatoes new 65 70c cattle choice steers 6 40 6 50 best calves 7 00 7 25 sheep best 4 00 4 25 lambs 4 50 6 25 hogs Yorkers 7 80 Chicago July 21 wheat July 76 1c cattle good to prime steers 7 75 8 75 stockers 2 50 5 25 Toledo July 21 wheat cash corn cash 65c oats cash 49c cloverseed October 5 22 1 4
The yacht owner discovers his cook deckhand is a Finn with a wife and two sons in Finland. He reveals he recently bought a home from his sailor earnings. When asked why his wife lives there, the man replies she does not agree with the climate.
In Detroit Free Press style chatter, Mrs. Reeder asks for a baby name and suggests Femme de Chambre Reeder as a playful Italian inspired choice seen in a novel, while Swell Name exclaims interest and humor.
The Black Hills are described as a red rugged landscape rich in minerals and scenery. Hot Springs and Deadwood attract global visitors with ferried routes via Buffalo Gap, while Spearfish Canyon and the Cheyenne river showcase waterfalls and fossil beds in shale landscapes.
A reflective line from the Atchison Globe notes popular modest men seem outnumbered as egotists continue to grow, suggesting a paradox in public esteem and character.
Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana advertises its extensive catalogue including terms courses and preparatory school. The Commercial Course and St Edward s Hall offer business training and youth education with emphasis on thorough class work and student care. The notice quotes a 1900 testimonial and notes the university s seventy years in education.
A Chicago Post quip notes that when a man works hard he digs away to reach the root of all evil. The joke frames labor as pursuit of wealth or vice, reflecting common era attitudes on work and virtue.
Consumers Harness Co. Detroit offers a quick special on single strap buggy harness. It will pay you. Also referenced are cough remedies and a humorous town topic exchange about mendicants and living.
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